The June 2025 is out with 64 pages of high-quality colourful observations, reviews and interviews. As it has always done ACID DRAGON...

Unfortunately counters are no longer in operation on this site so we cannot check the total number of visitors. but we do know that that...

Sonny Rollins first heard Monk on the B-side of Coleman Hawkins’ ‘Drifting on a Reed’ b/w Monk’s ‘Flyin’ Hawk’ – “staccato accents to...

A voluminous book, 770 pages in all, and meticulously detailed and written in an accessible and erudite way, comprehensive and detail...

Benedict's latest Doctor Who series guide: THE DAVID TENNANT YEARS. has been published by Amazon. Earlier, I posted a little extract on...

Author of “Within You, Without You” The most comprehensive book about The Beatles, offering fresh insights, and explaining why they...

These popular guides are not called “The Only Doctor Who Guide You’ll Ever Need from Now until the End of Time”  for no reason. “The...

A good question! And one I have tried my best to answer in a complete re-write of my book "Within You, Without You". It is entitled - you...

These popular guides are not called “The Only Doctor Who Guide You’ll Ever Need from Now until the End of Time”  for no reason. “The...

(Apart from music which is its main focus, this site also reviews books and films. If we read something we’d like to share with others,...

If you can get past the layout of a book that runs to 400 pages but really doesn’t need to, with its small italicised print playing...

Firstly, we want to express our appreciation for all those who have contributed material for review and who have visited the site in...

To be honest I don’t know what happened to i/e. I am looking at the second edition from winter, 1992 and find advertisements for the...

The magazine starts as always with Thierry’s candid editorial on the state of music and the world. Reading through the magazine there is...

PHIL : First of all, Don, thanks for the files of the book and the music. Our paths have crossed before in my incarnation as a music...

Our paths have crossed before during my time as a reviewer. Michael Moorcock writes the foreword for this 514-page tome (with CD – see...

Thanks to Thierry Sportouche, the editor of ACID DRAGON for sending me copies of extinct prog magazines, including the above. I don’t...

The article in PROG magazine reminded me of my signed copy of the above-named book. Richard Williams, writing in Melody Maker, said of...

and everyone who has contributed to making our website such a labour of love this year. Seasons greetings from Phil and Benedict.

Brian Morton quotes Shostakovich himself when the great composer says, “It saddens me that people don’t always understand what it ( his...